INC-ICOM or Indian National Committee of the International Council of Museums, as the name stands - is the Indian subsidiary of the international organisation - International Council of Museums (ICOM), which is a non-profit non-governmental organisation (NGO). All the member countries have their own National Committees. While ICOM is having its headquarters in the UNESCO building in Paris, France; the INC-ICOM is currently based at 1, Dinanath Chatterjee Street, Belgharia, Kolkata - 700056, C/O Dr. A.K.Chatterjee. The ex-Keeper (Anthropology) of Indian Museum -
Dr. Arun Kumar Chatterejee is presently the Chairperson of INC-ICOM (for the period 2006-2009).

Dr. Arun Kumar Chatterejee can be contacted on his mobile phone: +91-92318-53393 (from outside India) and 092318-53393 (from any where in India).

All full-time museum professionals are welcome to be the member of this prestigious organisation.

The INC-ICOM is dedicated to the development of museums and the museum profession, and operates in India for the preservation of cultural heritage. Committed to the promotion and facilitation of professional cooperation, INC-ICOM is a India-wide network under the International Council of Museums (ICOM) for museum professionals of all disciplines and specialisations.

INC-ICOM co-ordinates the participation in the national, regional and international activities of the organisation by organising -- workshops, publications, training, twinning programmes, and the promotion of museums through International Museum Day, every year (May 18, annually).

INC-ICOM's activities coordinate the needs of the museum profession in India and are focussed on the following themes:
· professional cooperation and exchange
· dissemination of knowledge and raising public awareness of museums
· training of personnel
· advancement of professional standards
· elaboration and promotion of professional ethics
· preservation of heritage and combating the illicit traffic in cultural property